- ALTSEAN-BURMA
12 JULY 2024
- Junta airstrikes set to double on previous year; aerial attack on wedding kills 28, incl. 6 children.
- Junta breaks ceasefire with 3BHA, reignites Operation 1027 in Northern Shan State.
- Conscription of women begins despite prior denials.
- UN expert: Thai bank top among 15 worldwide enablers of USD 630 million in junta arms purchases.
- Digital dictatorship: VPN ban in effect online and in the street.
- Argentine prosecutor seeks warrants for Min Aung, Soe Win & Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya genocide.
SPECIAL BRIEFER
14 Jun 2024
- Junta and Arakan Army anti-Rohingya mass atrocities have hit their highest levels since fighting in Arakan State restarted.
- AA, junta stoke tensions with anti-Rohingya hate speech, forced protests, and forced conscription.
- More than 200,000 Rohingya displaced, hundreds thought dead after AA burns down Buthidaung Town.
- OHCHR reports cases of AA beheading and murdering Rohingya in Buthidaung Township.
- Armed groups force hundreds of Rohingya in refugee camps to junta frontlines.
- Anti-Rohingya hate speech and attacks on Rohingya civilians on rise since January.
11 JUNE 2024
- Rohingya targeted by Arakan Army and junta – at least 150,000 displaced in Buthidaung.
- Heatwave reaches 48.2°C, kills over 1,400 nationwide in April.
- Junta massacre kills at least 76 civilians in Sittwe.
- Organizers drop Burma as host for international beauty pageant.
- Armed groups abduct Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar, deliver to junta frontlines.
- Prison court lengthens Monywa strike leader’s sentence to 74 years.
- Japanese government rep. holds first official dialogue with resistance groups and NUG.
15 May 2024
- Arakan Army and junta pose dual threat to Rohingya civilians. War intensifies in Arakan State.
- Resistance attacks reach heart of junta power – Naypyidaw airbase struck.
- Thingyan prison shamnesty: junta releases only 101 political prisoners, rearrests Chin Christian leader.
- US’ Schlumberger still supplying oil & gas equipment to junta MOGE.
- MNDAA publicly tries own soldiers for kidnapping and murder, summarily executes them.
- UN appoints former Australia FM to Special Envoy role after nearly one year vacancy.
11 APRIL 2024
- Economy sinks further as youth flee
illegal conscription law. - Hundreds of defeated junta troops flee
to Bangladesh and Thailand. - Armed Forces Day parade
underwhelms as junta stretched thin. - Desperate junta conscripts Rohingya,
forces anti-AA protests. - 67 more dead at sea after Rohingya
boat capsizes off Aceh.
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Documenting resistance to Burma's illegal military regime
Monthly overview of events in Burma following the attempted coup d’etat which began on 1 February 2021.
Briefers & Factsheets focused on topical issues and specific developments.
“Women’s Voices” is a series of compilation books written by first-time women authors in Burma and Thailand. The books aim to amplify and center narratives which are rarely heard in global discussions.
ALTSEAN works in collaboration with multiple stakeholders and friends on the ground in Burma as well as in ASEAN to amplify advocacy efforts through the use of letters and statements.
We provide capacity development support to grassroots and community organizations from Burma and ASEAN within the framework of our Thematic Priorities, on- and off-site.